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  1. Re:is it bad... on RIP Pentium II, 1997 - 2006 · · Score: 1

    well that just ruins the whole point!

    If it's already assembled then the hot and cold parts will intermingle!

  2. Re:is it bad... on RIP Pentium II, 1997 - 2006 · · Score: 1

    here here to the Arch Deluxe comrade.

    Was a tasty sandwich indeed!

  3. Re:Trivia versus knowledge on Jeopardy! Whiz Becomes Encarta Spokesman · · Score: 1

    except those those things would cost much much more than $2.5 million.

  4. Re:Experience is key... on How Important is a Well-Known CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    Very true, a friend of mine servered a couple months in Iraq, was sent home for a month so he could get married, then transferred to Japan.

    Another friend of mine, has been in colorado for the past 4 years training/working as a satellite controller or something like that. He's been moved to georgia to catch up on his infantry skills and is getting sent to Iraq in January.

    The deal is, you never know.

  5. Re:Demonstrate by doing on How Important is a Well-Known CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    I completely agree, but I have to interject:

    "Programming is to business, what leases are to Car Dealers"

    A whole lot of money!

    _MOST_ Computer Science people leave the realm of science once they get their jobs. Then, they're just programmers.

  6. Re:Was there any reason- on Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Confirmed · · Score: 1

    When I get a game I plan on playing alot, rip the CD image and mount it with Daemon Tools.

    This lets me have my top 4 games "in the cd-drive" at the same time.

    And since I don't use any p2p stuff, I'm not at risk of sharing my images with people.

  7. Re:Hmmmm on China Blocking Access to Google News Site · · Score: 1

    I think the In Korea joke can die now...

    I, personally, think it's pretty lame, but that's just me.

  8. Re:Not forgetting... on SNES Audio Unit As Stand-Alone Player · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, I knew the Wierd Al ones were fakes, but the one labeled as SOAD sounds just like the dude.

    Good to know it isn't.

  9. Re:In Korea, on Things To Do Before You Die · · Score: -1

    It spawned from this: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/30/003425 9&from=rss

  10. Re:Adult stem cells on Paralyzed Woman Walks Again · · Score: 1

    Once again, you are very wrong. First off, I didn't say anything about living being. I find it odd that you chastise somebody for stating the obvious, yet you feel the need to point out that a car is not a living being.

    Second, a sperm and an egg are only the plans. The means are provided from the host, the parent. As a matter of fact, an embryo fits the description of, and is considered by science, a parasite. It feeds off the host.

    Just like, as I said before, you were to have the plans for a car and all the parts, you would not have a car. You need a factory to assemble the car, just as an embryonic cell has the plans (not even the means) to make a baby.

    Note, take the embryo out, no cells dividing.

  11. Re:Adult stem cells on Paralyzed Woman Walks Again · · Score: 1

    That is akin to saying that if you have the plans and means to build a car, then you have a car.

    This is obviously not correct.

  12. Re:But... on Automata On The March · · Score: 1

    kinda... New Jersey is where the garbage from NY goes on vacation in the summer.

  13. Re:But think of how cool it would be... on Scientists Debate Robotic Hubble Mission · · Score: 1

    silly silly AC, you can't play air guitar in space!

  14. Re:Important to note on Microsoft Replaces Your Pirated Windows, For Free · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd love to see the RIAA or MPAA instate a program like this.

    "We'll give you the DVD to any movie you have on your computer, and the CD to any songs you downloaded."

  15. Re:The point of diminishing returns is just the st on Can People Really Program 80+ Hours a Week? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but what programmer hasn't mastered sleep-driving yet?

  16. Re:What a buffoon on Porn Site Sues Google Over Linked Images · · Score: 1

    Google can't access anything that's not already publicly accessible. As far as I know, they can't access sites blocked by passwords.

    My computer, like most others, stores copies of nearly all webpages it goes to in the cache. Does that mean we are all in violation of copyright laws?

  17. Re:Bah... on Home-made Portable PlayStation 2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    He didn't remove any buttons.

    the directional pad is still there, the two analog sticks are there.

    The R1/R2 and L1/R2 are on the back of the box.

  18. Re:I want to, but should I? on Review: Half-Life 2 · · Score: 1

    You can download it as many times as you want. Spend all day installing and uninstalling it, they don't care.

    Go to your friends computer, login to steam as you and download it there...

    Download fun for everyone!

    Of course, you can only be logged in at one computer at a time.

  19. Re:How does this compare to... on Screw-in LED Floodlights · · Score: 2, Informative

    In the popular science which they mention these bulbs, they note normal use as 4 hours a day. At that rate it says you get about 35 years out of them:

    50,000 hours / 4 hours a day / 365.25 days a year = 34.2 years.

    At continuous use (24 hours a day) you get:

    50,000 hours / 24 hours a day / 365.25 days a year = 5.7 years.

    Very respectable for any lightbulb.

  20. Re:forever on Screw-in LED Floodlights · · Score: 2, Insightful

    On a serious note, since the light source doesn't depend on a fragile fillament in a large glass housing, these enlux bulbs will be alot more resillient to slingshot attacks.

    In normal flood lights, the filament will break from the shock of being hit with a rock or something. These won't. Plus the aluminum fins, for radiating the heat, also provide alot more protection.

  21. Re:I for one, welcome... on Dolphin Jumps Again with Artificial Fin · · Score: 1

    IN SOVIET RUSSIA bad jokes get sick of YOU!

  22. Re:Good on Apollo 12 at 35 · · Score: 1

    Good! Let him go to mars!

    Marvin knows how to deal with people like him.

  23. Re:Did you just call The Daily Show "realistic"? on How Journalists Distort Science with Balance · · Score: 1

    It's Steven Colbert btw, and he also said he was going to have homosexual sex while reading a book in a library.

    It's a good news source for people who would otherwise not give a damn about what's going on in the world because then you're atleast seeing what's going on in the world, mixed with some humor.

    I mean, I was appauled at the state of alcohol consumption in whatever state that was, where all alcohol must be served from those little mini-bottles.

    It's not a good place to get your opinions from, unless you already agree with Jon and crew, then it's just damn funny. Although I find the crowds unilateralism against anything Bush a bit annoying, because sometimes it doesn't make any sense.

  24. Re:Obvious Answer: on When Is A Good Time To Upgrade? · · Score: 1

    Emotional reward of ripping away money that people don't have yet vs the risk of getting caught destroying peoples futures?

  25. Re:Umm on How has the USA PATRIOT Act Affected You? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wrong, they do need a search warrant, they just don't need to tell you in advance. Please read: http://www.factcheck.org/article259.html so you can understand what you're talking about.